I remember Podz being ranked # 3 and Michcov being ranked high also. I think any Russian comes with a buyer beware tag but there have been some great finds later on in the draft. Podz got screwed on his development over in Russia and with Abby. Mich has had ups and down under Tochett.
Svortsov getting much better treatment in the KHL so far. They are not reluctant to play him at all. Podz wasnt good enough to force that. I think Svortsov has the highest skillset in the draft.